Chapter 1145: Try It and See

The jeep stopped with a jolt, kicking up a pile of dust.

"What's wrong, are you in a hurry to be reincarnated? Can't you brake slower?" Ma Kui was shaken, glared at Wang Xin with dissatisfaction, and only then opened the passenger door to get out.

Wang Xin curled his lips: "There's really so much stuff in one day, really hard to serve."

As he spoke, he also jumped out of the car.

Wang Yan smiled and also got out of the car along with them.

The trio arrived at the gate. Ma Kui showed his credentials to the guard: "Hello, comrade, we are from the Ningyang Railway. We've come to your factory to understand the situation. Could you please find your factory leaders?"

The person at the gate was a young man in his twenties. He was stunned when he heard this, then said: "Wait a moment, I'll make a call."

After speaking, he didn't let the trio in, but turned and went back into the small house at the gate. He didn't make the call immediately, but talked to the people inside. Although the trio stood far away, they could see several people inside smoking and playing cards.

"This group of people is actually quite comfortable." Wang Xin hugged his arms, touching the stubble on his chin. "Why do I feel like it has something to do with this group of people? Huh? Old Ma? Wang Yan?"

"Not too stupid yet." Old Ma nodded with a smile. "Although it's a town factory, it's still hundreds of people. And they are doing steel, the leaders' eyes won't be so shallow as to covet the money for those few sections of track. It must be the people below doing it, finding unclean iron from outside, embezzling a portion of the procurement money, and maybe even stealing some finished products, just tossing it back and forth like this.

In this factory, what can the security department police who watch the factory hide from? How can they escape them?"

Wang Xin said: "Then if we don't use methods, they definitely won't admit it. What should we do? Call for people? Or contact the government here?"

Wang Yan waved his hand: "Let's see the situation first."

Not long after, everyone in the gatehouse walked out, totaling five people.

The leader was about thirty years old, round and chubby. He walked over and saluted: "I am the security section chief of our factory, my surname is Li. A few of you, come with me, drink some tea, and just tell me if you have anything."

The attitude was very polite, and the trio didn't refuse, following him to the small house at the gate to sit down.

Section Chief Li very politely served the trio cigarettes and tea. After all this, he asked: "I don't know what situation you want to understand?"

Ma Kui said: "Ten li outside your town, there is a semi-abandoned railway track. In the past two months, more than ten cases of rail theft have occurred within a thirty-kilometer section from east to west."

"Then you should go catch the thieves, what are you doing coming to our factory?"

Wang Xin exhaled a puff of smoke and smiled: "Section Chief Li is a police officer in the factory, we can be considered colleagues, pretending to be stupid is meaningless."

"I really don't understand, I just manage things like theft in the factory. Such a big thing, how would a rough person like me understand?" Section Chief Li shook his head repeatedly, continuing to pretend to be stupid.

"Then I'll make it clear to you. Why rails? Of course, to sell for money. We can conclude that this thief is someone from your town or the three nearby villages. So after they stole the rails, they must have processed them. Before coming to your factory, we went to both scrap collection stations in the town and found nothing, so we came to your factory. Now do you understand, Section Chief Li?"

Section Chief Li suddenly realized and nodded: "Now I understand, so you suspect someone in our factory collected the rails?"

"What do you think, Section Chief Li?" Ma Kui looked at him with a smile.

"I think this matter is hard to say. Think about it, who would admit to collecting those rails? I also know the people at those two scrap collection stations, they are all quite slippery, maybe they didn't tell you the truth. Of course, it can't be ruled out that someone in our factory collected the rails, but there are quite a few people in our factory, and for a while, there's no way to determine it.

However, our town is not small, but not big either. Don't worry, I'll help you inquire later to see who has been spending money lavishly recently. People like that definitely don't have proper jobs, the scope is relatively small, and after a period of time, we should be able to find the person. It's truly bold, daring to have ideas about railway tracks, that's state property, and trains pass through it. If it derailed, what would we do? We can't let it go, we must strike hard."

Section Chief Li spoke powerfully and righteously, and had to coordinate with gestures to strengthen his language.

But the meaning in his words was to send the trio away quickly.

Wang Yan said: "Section Chief Li really has nothing else to say?"

"You little comrade are really interesting, what else could I have to say? You came from far away to handle the case, we will definitely cooperate as much as possible, and if there is news, we will definitely notify you as soon as possible."

Wang Yan shook his head: "Section Chief Li is fat and greasy, looking like a wine bag and rice sack. He hasn't been an official for long, but he's quite skilled at pretending to be stupid."

"Draft your mother, how are you talking? Ningyang Railway criminal police are impressive? Get out, if you don't leave..."

Section Chief Li couldn't continue, only hearing a "click," a cold gun muzzle was already pointed at him.

Wang Xin stared wide-eyed at Old Ma, the meaning was self-evident. Old Ma took a deep breath, sighed helplessly, and gave a look, signaling to be careful.

Wang Yan was weighing the gun, gesturing at Section Chief Li: "Continue talking, let me listen, what if I don't leave?"

"You... don't scare me, I tell you, I'm not afraid, you dare to try shooting."

Bang...

"Fired, what now?"

Wang Yan fired a shot at the ground under Section Chief Li's feet. Because of the low position, the bullet bounced onto the wall, only then stopping, spinning on the ground.

The moment the shot was fired, Wang Xin took out his gun, quickly loaded it, and said to the other four people: "All of you stand still, whoever moves randomly will be shot."

This group of people acted like tyrants in the factory, or relied on the factory's power and other connections to bully the locals. Letting them face even more ruthless people, they didn't even have the courage; they were all bullies who feared the tough. It was understandable, it was human nature.

Wang Yan said: "Can you talk now?"

"I... I really don't know what to say."

"About to pee your pants, and still holding on? You think I can't shoot you to death, right? You don't shed tears until you see the coffin, you don't know pain until you get hit."

Wang Yan stood up, scaring Section Chief Li so much that he forced his soft legs to jump up, tightly sticking to the wall: "What are you doing? I tell you, I... ah..."

It was Wang Yan who quickly did a few things to his body, directly using corporal punishment, crisp and neat.

The pain made this Section Chief Li roll on the ground, even kicking over the table, causing the hot teapot on the table to fall, the hot water inside spilling onto Section Chief Li's legs, making him howl in pain.

It didn't take a minute before this Section Chief Li shouted: "I'll talk! I'll talk!"

"Then you have to finish the pain, it'll take three to five minutes, you suffer first, then we'll talk." Wang Yan waved his hand, lit another cigarette, and smoked leisurely.

Taking advantage of this time, Wang Xin also consciously lit a cigarette and walked in, took out a pen and notebook, and changed Old Ma to get up and go to the door to watch the other four people.

The gunshot was loud, but it didn't have such strong penetrating power. It was fired in the room, and this steel mill was large, and the location was relatively remote, so outsiders didn't hear it at all. Even if they heard it, they wouldn't care; after all, guns weren't banned in this era, and occasional noises weren't strange.

So for now, as long as they ensured that the people present didn't leak it, there was no big problem. It wasn't that they were afraid of a bigger issue, but they needed to master the evidence first. With evidence, everything was easy to say; without evidence, town cadres were still cadres, and it was still hard to solve, mainly because they were in the wrong.

After a while, Section Chief Li stopped rolling. He was drenched in sweat, leaning against the wall, panting heavily.

"Hurry up and talk, the sooner we finish, the sooner we go back." Wang Xin urged with dissatisfaction.

"Yes, yes, yes." Section Chief Li nodded repeatedly, saying with difficulty, "The one who stole the rails is from the town, the leader is called Liu Shuanglin, and there is another one whose name I don't know. The two of them did it together. I can take you to find him, these two are not proper diligent people, right now they are either at home or out playing cards."

"Nothing else?"

"Nothing else."

"You draft your mother, you're still not honest. Wang Yan, give him a few more, why doesn't he have any memory?"

"Don't, don't, don't, I really don't know what to say, you have to ask, comrade."

"Get lost, who is your comrade?" Wang Xin said angrily, "How did these two find you, and how did you do it, tell me clearly from beginning to end."

Section Chief Li looked like he was going to die, but seeing Wang Yan smoking with his legs crossed on the side, he didn't dare not to speak, so he had to resign himself to his fate and say: "I have some connections in our town, this Liu Shuanglin knew me before, and also knew that our factory collects scrap iron, scrap steel, and the like. After he stole the rails, he found me.

I was quite familiar with the person responsible for procurement in our factory, so it was entered into our factory through his hands. Actually, it wasn't much money, after all, there were so many people, I ate two meals of meat, and they smoked some good cigarettes."

"Come, come, come, you write it yourself, how you met, how you contacted, how you fenced the stolen goods, how you split the money, write this matter clearly for me from beginning to end!"

Wang Xin didn't want to write anymore, got up, grabbed Section Chief Li, and pressed him into the seat.

On this side, Section Chief Li wrote it himself, and on that side, Old Ma wasn't idle either, doing transcripts for the other four people, and the words had to match; otherwise, Section Chief Li would be in trouble.

Only Wang Yan was like a big master, smoking leisurely there, fiddling with his pistol, occasionally making some noise, scaring Section Chief Li until he trembled.

After a while, Ma Kui finished asking, and Section Chief Li also finished writing it himself, and very sensibly wrote the date, signed his name, and pressed his fingerprint.

Ma Kui read it through from beginning to end and nodded: "Not bad, you are a section chief after all, it's written quite clearly, quite good."

Section Chief Li smiled obsequiously, carefully looked at Wang Yan who had no expression, and moved to Old Ma's side: "Leader, you are just catching the rail thieves, right? Does this matter have any leeway? Give me a chance, I will also express myself."

Old Ma's attitude was kind, patting his shoulder, "I am not a leader, I can't make the decision on this kind of thing. There is stealing and selling, then there must be fencing, no matter how you say it, you can't escape this link. We will take the two thieves away, and as for what happens to the rest, that depends on the leader's meaning. Alright, take us to find those two people, we'll leave after catching them."

"Really no leeway? Leader? Don't worry, I'll talk to them, I guarantee not a single word will leak, absolutely won't affect the three leaders."

"Didn't I make it clear?" Old Ma's face fell, "Do you want me to say it again?"

"Understand, understand." Section Chief Li hurried away, "Let's go, let's go. Er, kick-start that sidecar."

A young man at the gate responded, running over to ride the motorcycle.

The trio also got into the jeep, following behind the three-wheeled motorcycle.

The process was very smooth, Section Chief Li was scared out of his wits, and Wang Yan would shiver with just one look, so he was naturally quite cooperative. So the group first went to catch that Liu Shuanglin, and then caught the accomplice. The two thieves confessed to the criminal facts, and after finding a place to make transcripts, the trio took the two thieves back to Ningyang.

"Get down!"

Wang Xin was the first to stop the car and jump down, then quickly went to the back row, opened the door, and spoke loudly, letting the two thieves whose hands were handcuffed behind their backs get out of the car. Of course, it was a string, with Wang Yan in the middle, preventing the two thieves from doing something stupid and jumping out of the car to run away.

Wang Xin was naturally deliberately loud. If he didn't show off now, when would he show off?

Originally, the trio's popularity in the bureau was quite high, and now that he was shouting loudly, it naturally attracted more attention.

Someone came over and asked: "What's the situation?"

"Nothing, just two bold thieves who stole rails." Wang Xin said it lightly.

"Whoa, you just transferred to criminal police today, right? It hasn't even been a day, and you've already caught people back?"

"It's also good luck." Wang Yan responded with a smile.

"Then luck is also part of strength, impressive is impressive."

Just like that, the trio escorted the two thieves to the temporary detention place for suspects in the bureau. This journey really let Wang Xin show off fiercely.

Just after locking the people up, Old Hu appeared in front of them: "Oh my, you three are truly capable. It's only been half a day since you went out, and you've already caught people back?"

"Luck is not bad, saved half a night of suffering from staking it out." Ma Kui responded with a smile.

"No trouble, right?"

"Definitely, my dear brother fired a shot." Wang Xin couldn't help but complain, he had been holding it in for a long time, "When we went, Old Ma also instructed me not to be impulsive, saying I was a reckless brute. Wang Yan was good, didn't say a few words, directly took out the gun, and then fired a shot without saying a word."

Seeing Old Hu look over, Wang Yan smiled: "Scare them, there was no other way. We went to the steel mill in the town, the security section there was involved, and they are also figures in the town, how could they cooperate with us to expose their own shortcomings? Without using some methods, where would the truth be?

Let it go, there's no problem at all, it's all confirmed. Now it mainly depends on your attitude, how to handle the fencing side. That security section and the people who procure raw materials, their lives are all in your hands. If you loosen your hand, I'll run a trip later, and they will express themselves to you."

"Are you scolding me? Are my eyes that shallow?"

Old Hu glared, and said angrily, "Besides, this involves quite a lot, and I can't make the decision, I still have to report it to the top. Alright, you have won the first battle, my heart is finally at ease. You hurry up, implement this case, and send them away as soon as possible. Then lead two more cases, this time you have to get some with higher difficulty."

"High difficulty that can't be solved." Ma Kui stabbed him.

"Look at you, I just meant that, you guys understand the spirit. It still has to be Wang Xin, this guy is eager to try, work hard." Old Hu patted Wang Xin's shoulder, and left happily with his hands behind his back... ===== CHAPTER 1146 =====